Boswell's Life of JohnsonG. Routledge and Sons, 1856 - 298 pages |
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Page iii
... Letters on Italy - The Infidel- Johnson's Opinions on Luxury - On Conversation - On the Bible - On the Liberty of the Pulpit ... Letter from the Tomb of Melancthon - Seward - De Groot- Dr. Watts - Dr . Vyse - Sir Allan Maclean's Lawsuit ...
... Letters on Italy - The Infidel- Johnson's Opinions on Luxury - On Conversation - On the Bible - On the Liberty of the Pulpit ... Letter from the Tomb of Melancthon - Seward - De Groot- Dr. Watts - Dr . Vyse - Sir Allan Maclean's Lawsuit ...
Page iv
... Letter on America - Ilam - Differ- ences among Christians - Mungo Campbell - Johnson and the Dead Cat - Lord Rochester's Poems - Prior - Hypochondriac Reading - Homer and Virgil - Lord Bacon - Self - vindication • · CHAPTER VII . - 1777 ...
... Letter on America - Ilam - Differ- ences among Christians - Mungo Campbell - Johnson and the Dead Cat - Lord Rochester's Poems - Prior - Hypochondriac Reading - Homer and Virgil - Lord Bacon - Self - vindication • · CHAPTER VII . - 1777 ...
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... Letters of Junius - Sheridan - Advantages of London - Good Friday - Easter - day -Skinning an Eel - Claret , Port , and Brandy - Shakspeare's Witches - Beauty of Loch - Lomond - Dr . Drummond - Love of Liberty - Execution of Hackman ...
... Letters of Junius - Sheridan - Advantages of London - Good Friday - Easter - day -Skinning an Eel - Claret , Port , and Brandy - Shakspeare's Witches - Beauty of Loch - Lomond - Dr . Drummond - Love of Liberty - Execution of Hackman ...
Page vi
... Letters " -Evening at Mr. Vesey's - Distinguished Coterie CHAPTER XVI . - 1780 . Johnson's Account of the Riots in London - Lord George Gordon committed to the Tower -John Wilkes -- Conduct of Mr. Akerman , Governor of Newgate ...
... Letters " -Evening at Mr. Vesey's - Distinguished Coterie CHAPTER XVI . - 1780 . Johnson's Account of the Riots in London - Lord George Gordon committed to the Tower -John Wilkes -- Conduct of Mr. Akerman , Governor of Newgate ...
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... Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the Lords of Session , " published in 1785 , there is the following passage , which , as a concise , and , I hope , a fair and rational state of the matter , I presume ...
... Letter to the People of Scotland , against diminishing the number of the Lords of Session , " published in 1785 , there is the following passage , which , as a concise , and , I hope , a fair and rational state of the matter , I presume ...
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